Nursing-bottle holder.



R. L. NiXON.

NURSiNG BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLECAUON FILED NOV. 2]. I915- Batented Apr. 11, 1916.

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UNTTEB STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUPERT L. NIXON, OF SOUTH FORT SIvIITI-I. ARKANSAS, ASSIGN R OF ONE-HALF TO. EM"'A F. CASTLE, OF FORT SMITH, AItILAI-ISAS.

NURSING-BOTTLE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Apr. 11, 1 916.

Application filed November 27, 1915. Serial No. 68,820.

nursing bottle holder and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which may be easily and quickly at tached to the handle bar of a carriage or to one of the posts of a crib or bed, said device including simple and novel means for easily and quickly clamping the nursing bottle thereon.

It is another and more particular object of the invention to' provide a main supporting rod and means for adjustably mounting the same at one end upon the carriage or crib, a relatively adjustable bracket member on the other end of said rod, whereby the same may be swung to various angular positions, and bottle clamping means mount- I ed upon said bracket.

It is a further general object of the invention to provide a device of the above character which is very convenient and serviceable in practical use, may be manufactured at relatively small cost and entirely obviates possible loss otthe bottle or breakage thereof.

\Vith the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved bottle holder attached to a baby carriage; Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the holder; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2-; Fig. 4 is 'a section taken on the line 44 of F 2;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; F ig. 6 is a section taken on the line 6'(3 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 7 is a detail fragmentary elevation of the adjustable bracket.

Referring in detail to the drawing, C in dicates a baby carriage or cart of any ordinary or apiroved type and H the handle bars thereo The improved bottle holder forming the subject-matter of the present application includes a main supporting rod 5 which is bent or curved in the form illustrated and is mounted at one of its ends upon a plate 6 for swinging pivotal movement by means of the bolt 7. This plate 6 is provided with spaced openings to receive U-shaped c1amping rods 8 which embrace one of the handle bars H of the carriage. One end of each of these clamping bolts or rods is threaded to receive a wing nut, indicated at 9, where-' by the plate 6 may be securely clamped in position against longitudinal shifting movement on the handle bar -The plate 6 is provided with a series of spaced openings 10 arranged in concentric relation with respect to the pivot bolt 7, and the supporting rod 5 is also provided with an opening '11 adapted to register with any one of the openings 10 in the plate 6. Upon the pivot bolt 7,

one end of a leaf. spring 12 is engaged, and

the other end of this leaf spring has a pin 13 fixed therein which is adrpted for engagement through the coin Aiding openings in the plate 6 and rod 5, whereby the supporting rod is locked against pivotal swinging movement upon said plate. Q

The nursing bottle, indicated at B,- is

adapted to be securely clamped in position -upon an adjustable bracket.

This bracket includes a base plate 14 having an angularly disposed arm 15 centrally formed upon one of its longitudinal edges and provided with a di'sk-liketerminal 16 having an annular series of teeth 17 formed upon one face thereof. The outer end portion of the supporting rod 5 projects downwardly and also terminates in a disk 18 having a correspondin sericsof teeth 19 formed upon one face for interlocking engagement with the teeth 17 on the disk 16. These disks 16 and 18 are centrally bored to receive a clamping bolt 20, upon one end of which a nut 21 is threaded. The other end of the bolt is provided with a head countersunk in the face of the disk 18, as clearlyshown in Fig. 3.

The opposite endsof -theelongmted base plate 14 of the bracket are angalarly disposed and upwardly extended as at 22 and 23. respectively, and in these angnlar ends 1 of the bracket a rod 24 is rotatably mount ed. Upon this rod, exteriorly of the nut 22 of the bracket, a ratchet 25 is fixed, anda knurled head 26 secured upon the end of the rod whereby the same may be convenicntly turned. Qpon the end of the [mu-hot.- a springpressed pawl 27 is mounted for engagement with the teeth of the ratchet 25, whereby the rod 24: is held against turning movement in one direction. To. the base plate 14, spaced spring steel clamping bands 28 are fixed at one of their ends, theother ends of said spring bands being turned upon themselves and securely fixed to the rotatable rod 24. These spring hands are of sutiicient diameter to receive the nursing bottle B and after the bottle has been arranged in' the bands beneath the plate 14, the rod 24 is turned in the proper direction to contract the bands upon the wall of th, bottle and securely clamp the bottle against the under side of the base plate 14, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the pawl 27 engaging the ratchet 25 holding said rod against reverse turning movement, Thus, it will be seen that the bottle is securely clamped and held against all possibility of displacement.

The upwardly extending end 23 of the bracket plate 14 is formed with a hook bill 29 which is adapted to be engaged by an eye 30 mounted upon the supporting rod 5. Thus it will be seen that the clamping screw 20 may be loosened and the bracket carrying the nursing bottle swung ,to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawing, and the hook 29 engaged in the eye 20. Thus, the bottle will be supported in a nearly upright position and leakage of its contents prevented.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction and several advantages of the device will be fully understood. After the bottle has been filled and clamped upon the bracket in the manner above explained, the pin 13 is disengaged from the opening 10 in the base plate 6 and the head 5 swung with respect to the plate 6 so as to properly dispose the bottle, whereby the nipple may be placed in the mouth of the infant. The bottle may be readily disposed at any desired inclination with respect to the suflporting rod by adjusting the bracket mem her upon said rod so that the infant may consume either a portion or all of the contents of the bottle. The bottle, after being once arranged in proper position, is securely held against all possibility of displadement and cannot be thrown from the carriage or bed by the infant and broken, thus avoiding a considerable item of expense.

By the provision of the clamping means for the bottle above described, it will be seen that the band 28 canbe contracted to a greater or less extent so that nursing bottles of various diameters can be securely held upon the bracket. The device could dbviously also be readily mounted upon various parts of the carriage or bed by adopt- 1. In a nursing bottle holder, in combina- 1 tion, an attaching plate, a supporting rod pivotally mounted upon said plate, means for holding the rod in various adjusted positions with respect to said plate, a bracket on the other end of the supporting rod,

bottle clamping means mounted upon the bracket including a rotatable rod, and resilient metal clamping bands fixed at one of their ends to the rod and at their other ends; to the bracket and adapted to embrace andi clamp a bottle upon the bracket when saidg rod is rotated. V

2. In a nursing bottle holder,-'an attaching; plate, a supporting rod and means for ad-;' j usting said rod to various angular positions upon the-plate, a bracket, means for angularly adjusting the bracket upon the porting rod and clamping the same in adjusted position, said bracket including an elongated base plate, and manually o erable clamping means mounted upon the rackd: to clamp the bottle against the under side of said base plate.

3. In a nursing bottle holder, an attaching plate, a supporting rodand means for ad justing saidrod to various angular position upon-the plate, a bracket, means for angularly adjusting the bracket upon the supporting rod and clamping the same in ad. justed position, said bracket including an elongated base plate, a rotatable element mounted upon said bracket, and a. resilie: clamping band fixed at one of-its ends to the rod and at its other end to said bracket adapted to embrace a bottle and clamp the same against the under side of said back plate when said element is rotated.

4. In a bottle holder, a bracket plate, band fixed at one of' its ends to said plate, and adapted to embrace the bottle and rotatable element-mounted upon said pla to which the other end of said band is attached whereby, upon the rotation of said element, the band is wound thereon and 6. bottle tightly clamped to said plate.

-5. In a bottle holder, a bracket plate resilient contractible band fixed at one of ends to said plate and adapted to embrac.e bottle, and manually operable means mount ed 'tipon said plate to which the other eni the band is connected, whereby the band may be contracted and caused to tightly clamp the bottle to said plate.

6. In a bottle holder, a bracket plate, s'paced resilient clamping bands fixed at one of their ends to said plate and adapted to embrace the bottle, and a rotatable rod journaled in the ends of said plate to which the other ends of the clamping bands are fixed 10 whereby, when said rod is rotated, the latter ends of the bands are wound thereon and said bands contracted to clamp the bottle against one side of the bracket plate.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

RUPERT L. NIXON.

Witnesses EMRA F. CAsTLE, CLARENCE MARSH. 

